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Hotel Cristal


Braunwald 8784 , Switzerland
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5 of 5 stars
Dunfermline, Scotland
15 Aug 2007
3/3 found this review helpful

We (family of 4) were looking for a quiet few days in the mountains, not too far from Zurich airport. It's 2hrs and 2 train changes plus short funicular to Braunwald, but worth it.

Fantastic views, beautiful, quiet village with plenty mixed difficulty walking opportunities. We chose Hotel Cristal because of the earlier review on here, the helpful responses to our enquiry emails and the fact they offered a family room for 4 with balcony view.

The hotel is 5 minutes walk from the funicular (read the sign we missed and leave your luggage for the hotel to collect!) and has fabulous views over the mountains. It's basic but very charming and clean. Frau Schiller is a very welcoming host.

What clinched 5 stars is her approach to us all being vegetarian. We had made sure she was aware in advance, and decided to take dinner in the hotel, being unsure what else would be available. Good decision. The dinner menu is simple and fixed but 4 courses, and was adjusted...
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Ratho
7 Jul 2005
10/10 found this review helpful

We needed somewhere to stay for a couple of days before our cycling trip took a decidedly upwards turn towards the Klausenpass. While searching for hotels in Linthal on the valley floor, I came across the website for a resort called Braunwald referring to itself as the Sun terrace of the Glarnerland, 1300m up on a funicular and decided to take a chance on the Hotel Cristal.

When my (already vegetarian) partner found herself wheat intolerant a few months before we went we thought we might have a problem or two and highlighted remote places such as this as the likely nutritional low points for our trip. How wrong we were. Despite not advising the hotel until we arrived, the menu was re-arranged and after a quick call to her local baker 700m down in the valley below secured a supply of wheat free bread for our stay. (only one other hotel in 2 weeks managed the same).

As for the rest of the hotel, the welcome is warm, the food isn't fancy but it is tasty well prepared...
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Braunwald 8784 , Switzerland